Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 05:38:42 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Bonnie Ott Subject: Ho Co (Philadelphia Vireo) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I spent Saturday morning scouting out some sparrow spots. The = habitat at Alpha Ridge Park looks excellent for birds next month. I also = went to Mt. Pleasant to assess the sparrow possibilities. They have been = making drastic changes there but overall the habitat still has = potential. There were 3 SWAMP SPARROWS in the hedgerows. 5 FIELD = SPARROWS (local guys) and 20+ SONG SPARROWS. A lovely extended look at a = PHILADELPHIA VIREO as he caught and beat the dickens out of giant = caterpillar. A few MAGNOLIAS and a PRAIRIE were it on the warblers, ( I = never expect to find good diversity of warblers at Mt. P. anyway.) Bonnie Ott Howard County Field Trip Chair Ellicott City, MD bonnie1163@comcast.net =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================